CSPL · Upholding Standards in Public Life
USPL-11
Partially accepted
In progress
November 2021
Recommendation
The Business Appointment Rules should be amended to prohibit for two years appointments where the applicant has had significant and direct responsibility for policy, regulation, or the awarding of contracts relevant to the hiring company.
Addressed to
Cabinet Office
Government response
The Government considers that an automatic prohibition for two years is overly broad and could have unintended consequences. The Government thinks that, in practice, the system they are putting forward of including more of the requirements about restrictions on future employment in contracts may come to similar conclusions as recommended here but will be taken on the basis of contractual clauses.
CSPL assessment
partially_met